Aalst Carnaval 2014: UNESCO world heritage in my backyard

Aalst Carnaval 2014

 Introduction

The three-day Aalst Carnaval begins each year on the Sunday before the Christian Lent; it is the culmination of a year of preparation by the inhabitants of this city in East Flanders in northern Belgium. Exuberant and satirical, the celebration features a Prince Carnaval, who symbolically becomes mayor and receives the key to the city in a ceremony marked by ridicule of the country’s actual politicians. Besides the carefully-prepared floats of official entrants, informal groups join the festivities to offer mocking interpretations of local and world events.

Equipment Used

Aalst Carnaval 2014 starts tomorrow, but I went on a little trip to Alost today, and took some pictures with my Sony A7r and Zeiss 24-70 2.8 of the preparations for the parade tomorrow.